Garment-hanger.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

E. J. NOBLE.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1,1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. NOBLE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE LEADER MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908 Application filed August 1, 190a. Serial No. 218,971.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to garment hangers such as are commonly used for holding a coat, sack or like article, and more particularly to a device of this class which may be readily folded into a comparatively small space. In devices of this class there is usu ally one or more supporting arms which fit under the shoulders of the garment, said arms being supported by a hook or convenient hanger so that the article being held falls in natural folds, as from the shoulders of a wearer. The arm or arms are usually of considerable length from end to end, and the hangers form a most inconvenient article for packing in a trunk or bag for transportation.

The object of the present invention is to provide a folding garment hanger which when folded will occupy as little space as possible and may be readily packed with garments for transportation.

A further object is to provide a folding hanger having a pair of supporting arms which may be folded back upon themselves in connection with a centrally disposed hanger.

A still further object is to so arrange the folding arms that when in operative position they firmly gras and lock the central hanger or support and y their locking action support themselves to withstand the load or weight of the garment.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the hanger in open position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the central hanger or support and appurtenant parts. Fig. 3 illustrates the hanger with the parts folded back. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the several parts appurtenant to the center of the hanger.

Folding hangers have been made but so far as known such hangers have comprised a loop or hook portion secured to a clip or like part forming a base within which the two arms have been pivotally arranged. In the form of hanger described herein the clip has been dispensed with and all essential parts of the hanger are formed from wire or like material, which by peculiar arrangement and bending form a complete structure, self contained, with all the advantages of theordinary folding hangers and yet one which may be produced at a much less expense and with fewer parts.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes the hook or hanger used for suspend ing the garment support. has at its upper end a hook or eye I) and a bowed or looped portion 0 turned back away from the supporting arms in order to provide a space within which the collar of the garment may rest without causing wrinkles.

At the lower end'of the support is a pivot formed preferably by turning the material of the support at a short angle with respect to an upwardly projecting portion d forming a shoulder against which the movable arms of the hanger may rest and lock the parts together.

At either side of the pivot portion are arranged arms ef terminating in shoulder loops ef Each of these arms at its inner end is coiled or looped about the pivot 61 and the arm f has a laterally projecting locking piece g, while the arm 6 has a laterally pro.- j ecting locking piece g. The lateral projection g when the arms are extended rests di rectly against the member (1 and forms a rigid support for holding up the arm 6. It should be noted that the ends of the members e andf are so bent in form that each has an eye surrounding the pivot d and that the lateral projections g and g are raised slightly above the hinge center of the pivot, so that a very stable structure is produced. Furthermore, when the two arms 0 andf are in extended position the lateral projections g and g form a positive lock against the member d and prevent swinging movement of either of the arms or of the suspending hook a. The outer end of the pivot (Z may be threaded to receive a nut or as shown herein, may have a Washer it passed over its end. In the latter case the end of the pivot is peened. It is also apparent that a washer might be used adjacent to the upturned portion (1, though this is not essential, as the part (1 itself takes the place of a washer.

Obviously the exact form of bending the several parts might be varied without departing from the spirit or intent of the invention, which contemplates the production of a fold ing garment hanger, in which the suspending This preferably hook forms the pivot about which the supporting arms may be swung.

The statement that the sus ending hook forms the pivot about which the supporting arms may be swung is not a statement of the essential feature of the invention, as it is obvious that the pivot may be provided in various ways and serve the same purpose so far as the invention is concerned, provided, however, that there are means appurtenantto the adjacent ends of the arms for forming a stop to prevent downward movement thereof. This, of course, may be effected in various ways, by constructing the arms appurtenant to the pivot to form a positive stop to prevent downward movement.

- It will be noted that an important feature of the invention resides in constructing the extreme end of the wire forming each of the supporting arms into a lug, these lugs limiting the swinging movement of both arms upon the pivot, and they also may, as shown in the drawings, lock the suspending hook against independent swinging movement.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A supporting hook, a pivot located at the end of the hook, a pair of arms pivotally mounted upon said pivot, and lugs upon each of the arms arranged to impinge against said hook upon opposite sides thereof to prevent downward movement of the arms.

2. A supporting hook having an integral pivot at one end, a pair of arms pivotally mounted upon said pivot, andlugs upon each of the arms arranged to impinge against said hook upon opposite sides thereof to prevent downward movement of the arms.

3. In a garment hanger, a supporting loop or hook having at one end a pivot, a pair of arms arranged to swing on said pivot, a trans verse lug on one of said arms arranged to lie against one side of the supporting hook, and a transverse loop on the opposite arm arranged to underlie the first-named arm, forming a support therefor.

4, In a garment hanger, a supporting loop or hook having at one end a pivot, a pair of arms arranged to swing on said pivot, a transverse lug on one of said arms arranged to lie against one side of the supporting hook, and a transverse loop on the opposite arm arranged to underlie the first-named arm,

forming a support therefor, said transverse loo bearing at one portion against one side of t e supporting hook.

EDWARD J. NOBLE. Witnesses:

WM. H. BARKER, LENA E. BERKOVITCH. 

